Grade the 2021 Bengals draft

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(05-12-2024, 07:41 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Shelvin didn't make any plays in the AFCC as far as I remember. A quick check shows that he only played seven snaps and accumulated no stats. I have a feeling you're thinking of Shelvin's last snap, a second and goal in the fourth quarter with 1:19 left to go, because Shelvin physically makes contact with Mahomes. The part you're misremembering is that Mahomes was sacked by Hubbard and he fell into Shelvin. So much so that, again, Shelvin wasn't credited with any statistic. 

But he was in the line up on that critical play.with a championship appearance on the line. Against a team who hasn’t been beat in that spot since. Doesn’t that in itself mean something. It wasn’t due to injury. He was trusted in that moment.

That alone in my book is worthy of more than a F. 

Any draft pick whose post season play contributed to a win earned their stripes as far as I’m concerned. Maybe not a A but definitely not an F. 

Same with Jackson. When we needed him the most he shined. Now I don’t know what happened before or after but I haven’t had much complaint about Jackson since then.